Grace Tenkay
@gracie28.bsky.social
A progressive, professional Geek. Science & Tech. Refugee from X.
Cary, NC No DM's please.
Cary, NC No DM's please.
Trump once more inserts himself into the Warner Brothers Proposed Sale
Trump Says Warner Bros. Deal Should Include Sale of CNN
archive.ph/HN0HW#select...
Trump Says Warner Bros. Deal Should Include Sale of CNN
archive.ph/HN0HW#select...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Trump once more inserts himself into the Warner Brothers Proposed Sale
Trump Says Warner Bros. Deal Should Include Sale of CNN
archive.ph/HN0HW#select...
Trump Says Warner Bros. Deal Should Include Sale of CNN
archive.ph/HN0HW#select...
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Looking for a Christmas gift? How about a new book for someone's Kindle? This absorbing mystery is on sale for $2.99
A young reporter tracking a serial killer discovers murder of another kind in
Appalachia. The Cumberland Killers. a Kentucky Mystery #Kindle #books
A young reporter tracking a serial killer discovers murder of another kind in
Appalachia. The Cumberland Killers. a Kentucky Mystery #Kindle #books
www.amazon.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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"FTC did not accuse the companies of breaking any laws. In a preliminary report issued before Trump returned to office, the agency found that “details like a person’s location or browser history can be frequently used to target individual consumers w/ different prices for the same goods & services,”
Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"FTC did not accuse the companies of breaking any laws. In a preliminary report issued before Trump returned to office, the agency found that “details like a person’s location or browser history can be frequently used to target individual consumers w/ different prices for the same goods & services,”
America's Farmers again left scratching their heads:
Trump trade rep changes China soybean purchase timeline, cites ‘discrepancy’
Trump trade rep changes China soybean purchase timeline, cites ‘discrepancy’
Trump trade rep changes China soybean purchase timeline, cites 'discrepancy'
China for months earlier this year had boycotted purchasing soybeans from U.S. farms because of a trade war began by President Donald Trump.
www.cnbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
America's Farmers again left scratching their heads:
Trump trade rep changes China soybean purchase timeline, cites ‘discrepancy’
Trump trade rep changes China soybean purchase timeline, cites ‘discrepancy’
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I searched "instagram" and my username in Google and discovered the same thing. It's absolutely trying to generate SEO titles and even long descriptions and summaries that I didn't write for www.instagram.com/reel/DSCxo40...
They even added keywords I didn't put in 'cos I'm limited to 5 tags.
WOW.
They even added keywords I didn't put in 'cos I'm limited to 5 tags.
WOW.
December 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I searched "instagram" and my username in Google and discovered the same thing. It's absolutely trying to generate SEO titles and even long descriptions and summaries that I didn't write for www.instagram.com/reel/DSCxo40...
They even added keywords I didn't put in 'cos I'm limited to 5 tags.
WOW.
They even added keywords I didn't put in 'cos I'm limited to 5 tags.
WOW.
Putting -AI at the end of a google search is just one of the ways to exclude AI from a google search
December 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Putting -AI at the end of a google search is just one of the ways to exclude AI from a google search
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Please somebody sell me tickets to the next meeting of Google’s p.r. team!!! 🍿
The Department of War aims to put Google Gemini 'directly into the hands of every American warrior.'
Pete Hegseth Says the Pentagon's New Chatbot Will Make America 'More Lethal'
The Department of War aims to put Google Gemini 'directly into the hands of every American warrior.'
www.404media.co
December 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Please somebody sell me tickets to the next meeting of Google’s p.r. team!!! 🍿
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“The media outlets of the Fascintern — X, Meta, Google — are all structured to exert strong editorial control according to their business and political preferences. These systems … [are] _not at all_ like a public space.”
Robin walks through the faulty mental models for staying on Fascintern media
Robin walks through the faulty mental models for staying on Fascintern media
2025 is coming to end and some people who claim not to be fascists are still associating themselves with fascist outlets like X.
I claim, perhaps charitably, that it's because they don't understand how the internet works. Either way, this needs to change.
berjon.com/fascintern-m...
I claim, perhaps charitably, that it's because they don't understand how the internet works. Either way, this needs to change.
berjon.com/fascintern-m...
Fascintern Media
We are facing a coordinated international fascist movement that works with explicit backing from Moscow, Washington, and tech monopolies, and is propagating itself through its own media apparatus. Yet...
berjon.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:11 AM
“The media outlets of the Fascintern — X, Meta, Google — are all structured to exert strong editorial control according to their business and political preferences. These systems … [are] _not at all_ like a public space.”
Robin walks through the faulty mental models for staying on Fascintern media
Robin walks through the faulty mental models for staying on Fascintern media
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The EU Commission has opened another investigation into Google - this time over potential abuse of dominance and favoring its own AI tool.
December 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The EU Commission has opened another investigation into Google - this time over potential abuse of dominance and favoring its own AI tool.
Australia now has a ban on social media for kids in place. The first country to do so.
www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/a...
www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/a...
Australia launches youth social media ban it says will be the world's 'first domino'
More than 1 million social media accounts held by users under 16 are set to be deactivated in Australia in a divisive world-first ban that is being closely watched elsewhere.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Australia now has a ban on social media for kids in place. The first country to do so.
www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/a...
www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/a...
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Jimmy Fallon doesn’t really tell jokes, or conduct interviews. He just rattles off pop culture references and slightly rewords whatever someone just told him.
In other words, he’s ChatGPT. www.discourseblog.com/p/jimmy-fall...
In other words, he’s ChatGPT. www.discourseblog.com/p/jimmy-fall...
Jimmy Fallon Is the ChatGPT of Talk Show Hosts
He's not just an obsequious kiss-ass. He's actively making the world worse than it already is.
www.discourseblog.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Jimmy Fallon doesn’t really tell jokes, or conduct interviews. He just rattles off pop culture references and slightly rewords whatever someone just told him.
In other words, he’s ChatGPT. www.discourseblog.com/p/jimmy-fall...
In other words, he’s ChatGPT. www.discourseblog.com/p/jimmy-fall...
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Jimmy Fallon tousling AI's hair
December 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Jimmy Fallon tousling AI's hair
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Just one more reason the oligarchs, tech bros, and apparently Jimmy Fallon also, are shoving the amazing AI down our throats.… trump didn’t lie— they really are making trillions of $$$. Just, we won’t see much of that money in our own pockets.
Instacart’s “dynamic pricing” makes NYT Page One ..
.. AND the NY Post wood:
$CART
@bencasselman.bsky.social
.. AND the NY Post wood:
$CART
@bencasselman.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Just one more reason the oligarchs, tech bros, and apparently Jimmy Fallon also, are shoving the amazing AI down our throats.… trump didn’t lie— they really are making trillions of $$$. Just, we won’t see much of that money in our own pockets.
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Deliberate Misinformation: The EPA is wiping mention of human-caused climate change from its website
Some pages have been tweaked to emphasize ‘natural forces’; others have been deleted entirely.
archive.ph/acZBl
Some pages have been tweaked to emphasize ‘natural forces’; others have been deleted entirely.
archive.ph/acZBl
December 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Deliberate Misinformation: The EPA is wiping mention of human-caused climate change from its website
Some pages have been tweaked to emphasize ‘natural forces’; others have been deleted entirely.
archive.ph/acZBl
Some pages have been tweaked to emphasize ‘natural forces’; others have been deleted entirely.
archive.ph/acZBl
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Reposted by Grace Tenkay
A variety of signed prints for the holidays are available at mluckovich.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A variety of signed prints for the holidays are available at mluckovich.com
Stock Market: Is AI Circularity a warning sign for another dot-com crash? archive.ph/r3WhA
December 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Stock Market: Is AI Circularity a warning sign for another dot-com crash? archive.ph/r3WhA
New CBS Evening News anchor: www.tvinsider.com/1232881/who-...
Who Is Tony Dokoupil? Get to Know New 'CBS Evening News' Anchor
From his job history to his family, learn more about the man stepping in after Maurice DuBois and John Dickerson's exits.
www.tvinsider.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
New CBS Evening News anchor: www.tvinsider.com/1232881/who-...
Netflix CEO says the hostile bid was entirely expected www.investors.com/news/netflix...
Netflix CEO Untroubled By Paramount. Hostile Bid For Warner Bros. 'Entirely Expected.'
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos brushed off Paramount Skydance's attempt at a hostile takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.
www.investors.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Netflix CEO says the hostile bid was entirely expected www.investors.com/news/netflix...
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"This post is about an evergreen but newly urgent topic: How mainstream media in general, and the New York Times in particular, ‘frame’ the political news." —@jfallows.bsky.social
Read the rest here: fallows.substack.com/p/here-today...
Read the rest here: fallows.substack.com/p/here-today...
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow.
Saturday's NYT shows what its editors can do, when they want to. Why not do this every day?
fallows.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"This post is about an evergreen but newly urgent topic: How mainstream media in general, and the New York Times in particular, ‘frame’ the political news." —@jfallows.bsky.social
Read the rest here: fallows.substack.com/p/here-today...
Read the rest here: fallows.substack.com/p/here-today...
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Reading groups have a health payoff for older adults #books #reading
www.sfchronicle.com/health/aging...
www.sfchronicle.com/health/aging...
Older adults are slowly abandoning this hobby — but the health payoff is huge
What’s largely considered a solitary activity can improve communication skills and strengthen empathy and compassion, say experts in mental health and geriatric care.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Reading groups have a health payoff for older adults #books #reading
www.sfchronicle.com/health/aging...
www.sfchronicle.com/health/aging...
FCC may bar Chinese Telecoms from US communications networks. Why haven't they already?
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
FCC may bar Chinese telecom companies from connecting to US networks
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday it may bar three major Chinese telecom companies from connecting to U.S. networks over efforts to prevent robocalls, the latest in a series of...
www.reuters.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
FCC may bar Chinese Telecoms from US communications networks. Why haven't they already?
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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Finally. Why was it left up to her to "resign"?
Federal judge ruled she was serving "without lawful authority" & disqualified her.
Appeals court unanimously upheld decision last week.
Yet she remained in the position, w/Bondi naming her a "Special Attorney to the AG".
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Federal judge ruled she was serving "without lawful authority" & disqualified her.
Appeals court unanimously upheld decision last week.
Yet she remained in the position, w/Bondi naming her a "Special Attorney to the AG".
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Alina Habba resigns as New Jersey U.S. Attorney after appeals court defeat
A judge had ruled she was serving in the position "without lawful authority."
www.yahoo.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Finally. Why was it left up to her to "resign"?
Federal judge ruled she was serving "without lawful authority" & disqualified her.
Appeals court unanimously upheld decision last week.
Yet she remained in the position, w/Bondi naming her a "Special Attorney to the AG".
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Federal judge ruled she was serving "without lawful authority" & disqualified her.
Appeals court unanimously upheld decision last week.
Yet she remained in the position, w/Bondi naming her a "Special Attorney to the AG".
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory